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In the Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent
Post Subject: fascinatingPosted by Dominic on: 11/2/2006
I find this project so fascinating. I find it particularly interesting because one of my first experiences of good sound
involved a field coil driver. Many years ago my grandfather
bought an old hammond chord organ(predates the b3 and other tone wheel models), eventually it found its way to our appartment when i was around 6 years old. The sound of this thing was sooo cool. It was full of life or something.
Anyway it got sent to live with some friends for some years. When it came back it remained unplayed and unplugged untill one time a couple years ago when i was getting into fidling with sound i decided to plug it in and take advantage of its rca input. It pretty well stunned me. It was doing something that no other piece of audio gear had ever done in my presence. Particulary it had great attack. Anyhoo the moral of the story is that i thought it was really cool and when in my online adventures i referred to Steve Schell's adventures on the loonie bin i started hanging on every word. But like you, other than some optimism -and a perhaps unreasonable fetish about materials and toplogies- i've found the cogent project dificult to interpret. From abruptly terminated conical horns to really odd bass horn foldings and what seems to be really shitty time alignment efforts, to using a digital crossover with a really high end turntable. then there's the impressions by the guy at Audio Federation who's gone in two showings from 'wow this is the future!' to 'um, this kinda sucks'.
I think their horn designs are theoretically so compromised nothing can really be said. But it still would be nice if it does work out, i'm pulling for them.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site